Brazil

Throughout July, many sell-side analysts saw the 'stability' in EM assets as a sign that the worst was over and urged investors to pile back in to take advantage of 'blood on the streets' in EM at these cheap levels.

Amid the economic, political, and social collapse, Brazil has been described by many as being in the midst of a "zombie apocalypse" as years of corruption and violence spectacularly implodes all at once.

Brazil's central bank (BCB) surprised the market by foregoing a final rate cut overnight in what seemed like a hawkish effort to stem the tide of collapse in its currency. For a few brief minutes it worked... but the Real is no collapsing lower again

A major Sao Paulo institution is launching what has been reported as Brazil's first Master's degree in cryptofinance. The course comes amid an increasing embracement of virtual currencies on the part of the Brazilian universities, with themes per

With "jewel-tone eyes," blond hair and a "smattering of light freckles," Othello looks nothing like most Brazilians, the majority of whom are black or mixed-race. Yet the "Caucasian" American cashier, described in those terms by the Seatt

The story of how a Brazilian man was able to use bitcoin to evade a corrupt judge's extortionate demands has been published by Panampost. The story recounts how Daniel Fraga was able to utilize a loophole stemming from Brazil's lack of legal clas

Nothing says "go all in" on Brazilian stocks like the one of the biggest equity market drops on record following yet another political crisis... and that's just what investors did.
Second only to the collapse surrounding Lehman's branruptcy, EWZ (th

Brazil - Former Brazilian Chamber of Deputies president Eduardo Cunha was convicted on corruption and related charges in connection with Operation Car Wash, a scandal involving state-owned oil company Petrobras.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice called on Friday for the legalization of marijuana and even cocaine to undo the growing power of drug gangs behind a wave of violence that has shaken Latin America's largest country.

The dream of any decent libertarian is to watch those in power running from the public eye as a deer runs from a wolf: to eat popcorn while watching an endless procession of handcuffed politicians off to the jailhouse, and ultimately to dance and dri

To say that Brazil is in the midst of huge political and economic crises is probably an understatement. Brazilian GDP has decreased for 3 years in a row, unemployment stands at 10.9%, and inflation is high. States like Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais